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cmandle
True Blue Farmgirl
846 Posts
Catherine
Minneapolis
MN
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 Posted - Jun 26 2006 : 8:21:18 PM
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We plan to make a lot of Jackson's food, but already have a few of those little glass baby food jars on the counter. I can't decide if I should hold onto them for some greater reuse purpose or just recycle them. Does anyone have a cool use for them?
Catherine
* Proud wife of Dan * Jackson's Mom * Still missing Lucy the Cat... * |
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Juliekay
True Blue Farmgirl
237 Posts
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Posted - Jun 27 2006 : 08:49:39 AM
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Maybe trade them with someone who makes candles? Keep nails in them, paper clips etc? Storage containers for all those litttle bits of ffruit or veggies that you can freeze them and later make soup?
Hope these idears help.
Julie |
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Libbie
Farmgirl Connection Cultivator
3579 Posts
Anne E.
Elsinore
Utah
USA
3579 Posts |
Posted - Jun 27 2006 : 1:49:38 PM
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I don't know where I saw this idea, but somewhere I saw that someone had glued or screwed the lids of baby food jars to the underside of cabinets, so you can still screw the bottles into the lids and they "hang" from the underside of a kitchen cupboard. Then you can store spices in them. It seemed like a really neat idea to me. I'd forgotten about it completely!!!
XOXO, Libbie
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garliclady
True Blue Farmgirl
274 Posts
Reidsville
NC
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Carolinagirl
True Blue Farmgirl
486 Posts
Kim
Rutherfordton
NC
USA
486 Posts |
Posted - Jun 27 2006 : 8:10:16 PM
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| I've saved some to use outside as candle holders. They will hold a small votive perfectly. Also, you could put pretty colored tissue paper on the outside and then they would glow like stained glass. |
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MissB
Farmgirl at Heart
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kate
pennsylvania
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Posted - Jun 28 2006 : 10:15:27 AM
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baby food jars are a nice size for storing extra wall paint for touchups. when i am done painting a room, i pour a wee bit of paint in an empty baby food jar and store it in that room with a small paint brush.
whenever a touch-up is needed (repairing a nail hole, wall scratched when moving furniture, etc), i have the exact paint color handy, in a manageable sized jar, and a brush too!
my mom - who was forever repainting the rooms of our various houses - taught me that trick. |
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Aunt Jenny
True Blue Farmgirl
11381 Posts
Jenny
middle of
Utah
USA
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Posted - Jun 28 2006 : 11:21:23 AM
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They come in real handy for lots of things! I love the paint idea..never used that one yet. What is nice too, that if you use them a few times you feel fine about throwing them out at that point! (or recycling)
Jenny in Utah
Inside me there is a skinny woman crying to get out...but I can usually shut her up with cookies
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therusticcottage
True Blue Farmgirl
4439 Posts
Kay
Vancouver
WA
USA
4439 Posts |
Posted - Jun 28 2006 : 12:02:34 PM
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Great for sorting buttons by color.
"But as for me & my house we will serve the LORD!" Joshua 24:15
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cmandle
True Blue Farmgirl
846 Posts
Catherine
Minneapolis
MN
846 Posts |
Posted - Jun 28 2006 : 12:24:04 PM
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Great ideas! I dig the storing herbs idea since I just dried a bunch in the dehydrator! Time to graduate from Co-op bulk plastic bags for my herbs and get some proper (baby food) jars for storage. I also love the candle holder idea...and the paint. A co-worker of mine used to do that, I forgot all about that one. And buttons...oh, you farmgirls are the best. I don't like to keep a lot of "stuff" around, but just knew that I didn't quite want to recycle them yet...
Thanks for the ideas!
Catherine
* Proud wife of Dan * Jackson's Mom * Still missing Lucy the Cat... * |
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Hideaway Farmgirl
True Blue Farmgirl
1553 Posts
Jo
Virginia
USA
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Posted - Jun 28 2006 : 12:29:46 PM
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Handy farmgirls (and farmboys) can use the same spice storing trick for nails, screws, and all those other little bits that collect on the workbench. I love the idea for spices!
Jo |
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Tina Michelle
True Blue Farmgirl
6948 Posts
Tina
sunshine state
FL
USA
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Posted - Jun 29 2006 : 06:24:05 AM
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one other neat trick for them is to turn them upside down glue tiny miniatures in the lid that are plastic and fill the jar with glitter and water for mini snow globes. you can also create small miniature floral arrangements under glass with them use the lid as the base and glue mini flowers and moss to the the lid and set a mini wood animal in there too if you like. something different and crafty for them.
~Seize the Day! Live, Love, Laugh~ |
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FarrarFarmgirl
True Blue Farmgirl
330 Posts
Lynda
Frohna
Missouri
USA
330 Posts |
Posted - Jun 29 2006 : 06:38:38 AM
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And one other idea would once you have used all you think you can possibly use and you still have some setting around, check with your local school to see if the art teacher might need some. Two of our boys are art teachers and are always looking for things like this. They use them for paint leftovers and washing out brushes and various other things.
Would they work for starting seeds for the garden?
Something else to do or it may even be a great kid's project. One year for Christmas my SIL made us a Christmas decoration using baby food jars. I hope I can describe this well enough. She hot glued the jars together in the shape of a Christmas tree with 4 for the trunk. I really don't know how many it took, but it wasn't a big tree and I'm thinking you can make it whatever size you want. Then she filled each jar with some green garland. And here again, I'm sure you can do what you want and use other colors if you like. Then she punched or cut out a hole in each of the lids about the size of a nickel and put them back on the jars. Through the holes she pushed 2 or 3 lights for each jar from a strand of miniature lights. and left the cord dangle so it could be hung on the wall or set on a table and be plugged into a socket. I hope that is understandable. It was very cute. I would recommend an industrial strength glue or something that is permanent, because we did have to reglue some of the jars back together. The regular hot glue sticks just popped off the glass if it was bumped too hard. Cute idea, she just needed better glue.
If you like using the baby food jars, I'd hang onto them because it looks like most baby foods are going into plastic containers. As long as their lids are secure they look like they could be useful, too. They are more rectangular shaped and stackable. I bet there are even more uses for them since you wouldn't have to worry about glass breaking. You could put toddler sized snacks in them for travel or church.
I do like the spice/herb storage idea.
Have a most blessed day.
In His hands,
Lynda L.
Pray in faith and you will not live in doubt.
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Edited by - FarrarFarmgirl on Jun 29 2006 06:39:47 AM |
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junebug
True Blue Farmgirl
2421 Posts
Sue
West Plains,
Mo.
USA
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cmandle
True Blue Farmgirl
846 Posts
Catherine
Minneapolis
MN
846 Posts |
Posted - Jul 08 2006 : 3:26:55 PM
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Oh, that's a great idea too! You all are so creative!
I have already transferred all of my herbs and spices (some home-dried from the garden, some not) into the baby food jars. We just had a million little plastic bags from buying everything in bulk at the Co-op so this is a welcome organization for the kitchen. I don't have a proper spice rack yet, but have made little labels on the computer and lined them up alphabetically on the dining room buffet. It makes me want to cook just looking at them!
I just need a few more to complete my spices, but then will probably save some for the diorama idea or Christmas tree. How cute!
We're moving towards not having any baby food jars around anymore, as we're starting to make our own baby food tonight (sweet potatoes and rice cereal!). As with the cloth diapers vs. disposables, we'll keep some jars around for convenience and travelling though. What great craft ideas you all have!
Thanks!
Catherine |
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Nancy Gartenman
True Blue Farmgirl
9094 Posts
Nancy
West Seneca
New York
USA
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Posted - Jul 08 2006 : 6:18:23 PM
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I don't make jams , but couldn't they be used for small jars of jam, for gifts or samples or About for beads for thoses of you who do bead work.
NANCY JO |
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willowtreecreek
True Blue Farmgirl
4813 Posts
Julie
Russell
AR
USA
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Posted - Jul 30 2006 : 11:53:02 AM
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If you decide to do the smowglobe idea... adding a little glycerine to the water helps suspend the "snow" a little longer for a nice effect.
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sunshine
True Blue Farmgirl
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Wendy
Utah
USA
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